shifting gears to another area of republicans fighting with one another, chuck hagel was confirmed as secretary of defense in a narrow 58-41 vote. did the delay serve any purpose other than helping lindsey graham maybe not get primaried? >> it served no purpose whatsoever. people will forget about all of this hubbub that went around it. go about his daily business and no one will be thinking about his views on iran or israel. >> i'm not completely sure it made no difference. i think it will, long-term he will serve and hopefully he serves well and i think the president, you know, optimistic about it. but i think that, you know, this will be remembered as the first in a long time, certainly if not the first ever, defense nominee who ran into these kinds of problems. i think the republicans really let it be known this guy is not going to get an easy time of it. >> it was the closest vote. my theory is that they delayed it so he could be blamed for the sequester cuts. >> john: but beyond john mccain unfriending him on facebook, is there going to be any lasting impact from this rancor or